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Manchester City appear to be winning the race to sign Southampton full-back Ryan Bertrand who is expected to leave the south coast side during this summer.

Monaco have slapped a £40m price tag on left-back Benjamin Mendy meaning Pep Guardiola will now focus his attention on Bertrand with international teammate, Kyle Walker, primed to make the switch to the Etihad. However, City face stiff competition for his signature. Chelsea are considering bringing Bertrand back to the Bridge after selling him to Southampton for £10m in 2015. Elsewhere, Jurgen Klopp is also interested, although the Saints won’t be keen on dealing with representatives from Liverpool who face a Premier League investigation for their alleged illegal tapping up of centre-back Virgil van Dijk. Midfielder James Milner played most of the season in the back four with recognised left-back Alberto Moreno, just two Premier League starts, limited to nothing more than a bit part role. Jun 8 - 4:44 AM

Ryan Bertrand scored a late goal against former club Chelsea but it wasn't nearly enough as the Blues beat the Saints 4-2 at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.

After a number of reunions in the tunnel leading up to the match, Ryan Bertrand can be happy with scoring a goal against his former mates but not with the outcome for his side. The Saints trailed early and often against the leaders with Eden Hazard opening the scoring after five minutes. Oriol Romeu equalized in the 24th minute but Gary Cahill put the Blues ahead to stay in first half stoppage time. Diego Costa extended the lead twice and ended it as a contest before Bertrand got his goal deep in second half stoppage time to salvage a little pride if not a useful result. Apr 25 - 6:18 PM

Claude Puel will assess a number of players ahead of his sides trip to the Hawthorns on Saturday.

Southampton enjoyed a come from behind win over in-form side Crystal Palace midweek, a victory which keeps alive their slim hopes of a Europa League spot. But the Saints face the prospect of a tricky trip to West Brom in game week thirty-two without several of their first-team stars. Ryan Bertrand is hampered by a muscular problem: "He felt something with his hamstring [last weekend]," and Puel can only "hope" the England international is available. He also revealed that Steven Davis has picked up an ankle injury: "We will see with the doctor if he can participate," while the rest of the squad will be assessed in training. That includes Manolo Gabbiadini [groin] and Sofiane Boufal. Oriol Romeu has been ruled out of the next two games after collecting his tenth yellow card of the campaign. Apr 6 - 10:03 AM

Southampton may play Ryan Bertrand at centre-back in GW25 to negate Sunderland striker Jermaine Defoe.

Bertrand is one of the Saints' main attacking outlets on the left side, but insists he can naturally slot into the "high risk" central role if called upon. With Jose Fonte gone and Van Dijk injured, manager Claude Puel has been forced to turn to backups Maya Yoshida and youngster Jack Stephens. The duo did well in the EFL Cup against Liverpool but struggled in Southampton's defeats to West Ham and Swansea. Puel has not confirmed or denied that he will deploy Bertrand in the middle, given that he player there in a back three under Koeman at times. Feb 10 - 12:44 PM